in the meantime

the period of time between two things; the period of time between now and when something is supposed to happen. The movie starts at 6:00. In the meantime, let's eat dinner. My flight was at 8:00. In the meantime, I played solitaire.

in the meantime

while something else is happening or until something else happens in the meanwhile A new school is being built, but in the meantime this school building remains seriously overcrowded.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sher	-	Urdu, Pashto
Alec
Millicent	MIL-ə-sənt	English
Wioleta	vyaw-LE-tah	Polish
Beppe	BEP-pe	Italian
Githa	-	English (Archaic)